Garment supporter



A. GRAYDON. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 15, I919- Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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" detached to entree star ANDREW GBAYIDON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH TO J. R.

i RENAKER, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFDRNIA.

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7 Application filed December 15, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-l, -innnnw GRAYnoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Garment Supporter, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supporters for maintaining garments, hose and other Wearing apparel in proper adjusted position relativeto the person wearing them; and also to an improved way of supporting articles of wearing apparel either in process of drying or when idle or not innse; andt-he invention may he said to consistin the pro vision of the novel features and in the iniproved construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as will appear later.

The principalohject of the invention is to provide a garment supporter that will be especially effective in retaining its gripping contact with garments without marring, tearing or otherwise injuring the material. l

Another object of invention is to provide a garment supporter that is neat in appearance and which alsocan be worn without discomfort to the wearer, in other words this supporter is exceedingly flat andoccupies a position with the broad fiat side to the wearer so that there are no uncomfol-table cutting edges to contact with the person nor sharp. protruding points to catch and tear wearing apparel.

Another object of invention is to provide a ,q'arnient supporter that is simple and easy to construct, is strong anddnrable. and which can he sold very cheaply; and also to provide a supporter that [is easily attached to skirt hands, garters or suspenders. Another objectof invention is to provide a garment supporter that can he attached or wearing apparel without visual aid;that is the supporter canhe effectively operated by the sense oftouch. This feature is of great importance for, is well garment supporters are usually impossible to visualize them when attachinp; ordetaching them to or from wearing apparel. v

.hiotherobject of invention is to provide a garmentsupporter that can be attached to an ordinary clothes hanger frame or spreader so that garments whennot inuse Specification of Letters Patent.

shown in Fig. 10.

Patented Mar. 28, J22. Serial Ho. 345,155. 7 l I can be easily and quickly attached thereto port that can be attached to an ordinary clothes line and used in place of clothes pins.

Other objects, advantages and features of nvention HIELYQPPQEQZ' from the accompanyin drawings, the suhjoined detailed description and the appended claim.

Theeocornpanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure l is a side elevation oil the garment supporter attached to a garter and supporting a stocking.

Fig.2 is a perspective view of a pair of ordinary suspenders attached to a fragmentary portion of apair of trousers with parts shown by dotted lines showing three garment supporters attached to the suspenders, and supporting an undergarment shown also by dotted line. i

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the garment supporteras shown in Fig. 1, with portions of the garter and stocking broken away.

Fig. at is an shown in Fig.

Fig. 5 is an mcnt supporter edge elevation of what is edge elevation of the garwith the clasping members Fig.1).

l ig. S aside elovaifion of garment hanger showing amodiiied form for hold the clamping members together.

S) is a section on line in of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is .a side elevation ofv the spring metalplate before it is bent intoform. l Fig.1], an edge elevation ofwhat is inn' l is a front elevation of a coat hanger with three. garment supporters attached to a wire extendedfrom end to end of the coat hanger and showing by dotted lines the "bottom of tached to the The body porter 1 is a pair oftrousers at-- garment supporters. I

portion of the garment supstamped out of spring sheet ineta-l in a strip having at right-angles to the ends thereof elongated extensions 2, 3 that form the gripping members of the supporter. In the elongated end 2 are stamped that are adapted to 1n the elongated isin its final rotundus protrusions 4 register with; the holes 5 end 3 when the spring strip bent form. The protrusions are impressed into the strip when it is stamped from the sheet metal.

After the strip is stamped from the metal sheets it hasits center portion permanently bent around an axis to form thereby the equal radial arms 6, 7 and'the hollow hub portion 8 which is adapted to, fit loosely on 7 'one end of the link 9.

Around the arm 6, 7 1s slidably mounted a band 10 thatis adapted to move the clamping members '2. 3 toward 3 oneanother when the band 10 is moved from its positionln Flg. 5 to the positions shown in Fig. 1 to a inclusive.

' The spring tension of the arms 6, 7 is suflicient to normally hold them in the POSltlOll shown in Fig. 5; that is they automatically separate when the band 10 is manually moved from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that of 5, and the. reverse movement of the arms is accomplished by the inward pres-- I sure of band '10 when it is moved toward the free end of the arms. e The other end of the link 9 can be attached to agarter 11 as shown in Figs. 1, 3. I, 6. 7

t c support astockin g 12. When so used the garter is attached to the leg 1n the usual way and the supporter open as shown in Fig.

Then a portion of the top of the stocking is insertedbetween the clamping member 2,?) and the band 10 slipped downward to lock these parts. together. lVhen thus clasped the protrusions 4: force portions of the stock ings through the openingsband firmly lock and hold them in place. The protrusions a have a flat top portion and do notQwiththis clasping of-parts; mar, tear or injure the material. r i

1 l Vhen the garment supporter .is to be used 7 with ordinary suspenders 13 the links 9 are connected thereto Fig. 2. The double dotted lines below the suspenders 13 indicate fragmentally outer andinner garments the former being at shown. provided with slots 15' in which isslidably secured a rivet 16 the flanges of which hold stocking heretofore described.

tached in the usual wayto'thesuspenders' and the .latter-connected to the garment sup-- porters 1 in the same way as attached to the In Figslfi to 11 inclusivea modified for locking the clasping members together is As seen therein the arms 6. 7 are the arms6',l7 together when in the positions shown in Figs. 8, 9; butwhich permit the arms to separate when moved to the dotted positions shown in Fig. 9,;

Asseen in Fig; 12 three of the garment supporters are attached to a wire 1 7 ex- .4 and holes, 5

by the short strips 14, see

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" my hand at Los hanger l8; and as indicated by dotted lines a garment'19 is attached to these supporters. Asseen in. the above figure the garment supporters are substantially like those heretofore described except that the wire 17 is substituted for the link 9; and, as is clearly apparent, as many supporters 1 as desired can be attached to wire 17.

.Assuming that the points 20, 21 are on posts a great distance apart andare joined by the wire 17 it can easilybe seen that any desired number of supporters 1 can be at taehed'to thewire; and, owing to. their loose mounting thereof, they can be moved along the line to various desired positions so that these supporters can be substituted for. ordinary clothes pins. V

In operation the garmentsupporters 1 are attached as heretofore described to garters.

suspenders, coat hangers ortaut wires; and

the; bands-10 of each hanger positioned to open the clamping'memb'ers 2, 3, then the garments to be suspended are attached to the supporters by slipping the bands 10 toward the clamping members thereby locking them 7 securely 'in place and the, materialis forced through the holes 5- by theprotrusions'a so that the. garments can noteseape from the clamps.

the clasp on stockings orthe like, andthe protrusions 4% being fiat topped eliminatesall possibility of forcingtliem through-the finestfabric duringclasping ofthe arms.

I claim: 7 p V In a, garment support a spring metal plate. bent around an axis and extended to tori-n equalradial arms that are normally held apart by spring tension; said armshaving elongated extensions on theouter endsthereof that are integral with and atright angles to said, arms; one. ofsaid elongated-extensions having protrusions thereon and inte ral therewiththat are. adapted to register- I O with tensions, said rotrusions having aflat top: a ,bandsli'dab y mounted on said armsv for holding saidprotrusions in said holes said arms being joined of a hollow hub; and a link loosely mounted in said hub. Y i

. In testimony whereof,'I have hereunto set. I

Angeles, California, this 9th daygof December, 19-19. ANDREIV GRAYDON. NVitne'ssi l V 17M. M.-

holes in the other 'ofsaid elongated exat theirbases in. the. form 

